You might consider some other ideas. Vandyke looks particularly attractive to me. It's not very expensive, especially compared to using copper plates, and does not require a darkroom. My largest camera is a 4x5, which I don't think is quite large enough for contact printing, but if I ever get an 8x10......
http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Vandyke/vandyke.html -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/ Shoot more film! -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >It would be better if used a Wisner. > > > > Just the other day, out of the blue, my S.O. asked me, "Do you have > a > > large format camera?" > > > > "No" > > > > "Do you want one?" > > > > That got me thinking, hmmmm..... > > > > my thoughts have been running along similar lines recently, since I > started looking more at Victorian photographs. I would like to make > some photogravures from 10x8 negatives, but it looks spectacularly > expensive. > > On the other hand, the Gandolfi workshop is not far from here, so > maybe I could hire one. And there must be somewhere in London that > teaches photogravure... > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
